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Emily Young Sitting Room

She hammers, chisels and grinds
away at pieces of rock, creating monumental works that celebrate
the material they are carved from. She delights in the faults,
veins and splits in her material and relishes the play of wind,
water and temperature on their craggy surfaces.

'There is a story told in
every piece of stone that is more magnificent than any creation
myth, so when I carve into the stone I'm imposing my own tiny
moment on it, I put a little modern consciousness back into
nature,' Emily says.